Sun, sea and sand

My mother, sister and the two nephews flew here to spend a few days with us in conjunction with the little princess R's birthday. It was the first time for us to meet the youngest nephew, who is two months older than R. We were all looking forward to the visit.

On the other hand, I was quite anxious with THREE little boys in the house. I fear that the boys would bicker among themselves, worse still, I fear Z would cause them serious injury if either of them touched his toys! That, and also because my two nephews live in a place without natural beach, we planned a getaway at our local beach resort, to get away from the city and well, also the fighting over toys.


On a more serious note, I thought gifting an experience is even more valuable than a material gift, thus the beach came to my mind. I hope the trip was a good memory for the children.

The cousins had fun at the beach - digging holes and burying beach toys, not so much on building sand castle. We also blew bubbles and flew kite. I'm happy that Z, who loathed the sand in a previous visit, was not afraid to get his hands dirty this time.

R really got down and dirty.. in the playroom. She asked for "bear bear" repeatedly and went through almost all of the toys. The playroom was small but quite clean. We were the only ones there and the children were not afraid to claim their territory and make their presence known. Loud and clear.

Even the young-at-heart hubby had fun. Behold, the Spiderman!

We also played in the pool. All of us, except hubby, not able to swim, we foraged in the kids' pool. Despite fearful of water at first, Z and my oldest nephew took to it gradually and were ducks to water later.

We hope that the cousins will get to spend another vacation together soon. We already have it in mind to fly to the Lion City to visit them. This time, instead of going to the natural beach, let's go to man-made animal habitat - the zoo!